Holocaust Survivors Celebrate Chanukah Festivities

Credit: Alpert JFS

 (Press Release) Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) hosted 80 Palm Beach County Holocaust Survivors and their guests at a Chanukah themed event in West Palm Beach last month.
 
The “Eat and Schmooze” events, which are held regularly, bring together local Palm Beach County-based Holocaust Survivors to gather, enjoy lunch, sometimes dance, and celebrate Chanukah in a safe place.

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​With the number of Holocaust Survivors dwindling every single year, Alpert JFS regularly hosts gatherings designed to both celebrate the survivors and offer them a space to spend joyful and meaningful time socializing together.
  
According to Eva Weiss, Lead Holocaust Care Manager at Alpert Jewish Family Service, “It’s really important to have social gatherings for our Holocaust Survivors. The main purpose of our program is to provide support, homecare and assistance to allow people to stay in their own homes as long as possible and we are going to continue to do that as long as we have a grant and survivors among us. Just as important in my mind, however, is the socialization and to provide our survivors a home, a place where they belong and to feel welcome. While we do not talk about the holocaust at these social gatherings, every single person here knows that the individual next to them has suffered trauma and lived through unspeakable experiences as well.”